Billiard-cue



H. HL WEBER, JR.

BILLIARD CUE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3o, I9IB.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

HENRY :lf-I. WEBER, UR., OF SHAWANO, WISCONSIN.

BILLIABD-CUE.

`Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 16, 1919 Application led September 30, 1918. Serial No. 256,320.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. WEBER, Jr., a citizen of the United States,` residing at Shawano, in the county of Shawano and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard- Cues, of which the following is a specication, reference being hadV to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to billiard cues, and the general object of the invention is to provide a billiard cue with a tip which may be forced outward, and provide improved means whereby the tip may be adjusted, said means being normally entirely housed within the body of the billiard cue.

Another object is to provide a billiard cue having an outer sheath of metal, with a wooden core, thus permitting the .billiard cue to be very cheaply made and rendering it lighter than other forms of cue.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a billiard cue constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the butt of the cue;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the small end of the cue; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to these drawings, 10 designates an outer sheath of relatively thin metal, such as aluminum or other light metal and the rear end of this sheath is enlarged and interiorly screw-threaded, as at 11, to receive the butt section 12. When the butt section has been screwed in place, it is held by means of the screw 13. The forward end of the sheath 10 is formed with a contracted l[passage 14 and with an enlarged end cham- Disposed within the butt and sheath sections is a wooden core 16, whose extremity is reduced as at 17 and inserted within a sleeve 18 having a screw-threaded bore 19. The reduced end 17 of the wooden core is inserted within the sleeve 18 and is held in place by means of a transversely extending countersunk screw 20.

Disposed within the chamber 15 is a tip 21 which is circular in cross section and 1s preferably made of rubber with finely powdered emery, carborundum or other light material incorporated in it andthe rear end ofthis` tip is formed with a bore and with a rectangular chamber. The tip is molded around a metal shank 22 having a head 23 disposed within the chamber formed in the tip. The rear end of this metal shank is screwethreaded as at 24 to fit the bore 19 in the'sleeve 18. Preferably, and to preventany rotation of the tip and the shank 22, the tip is formed with a groove at one side and the outer shell 1() is formed with a spline 25 engaging this groove.

In the use of this invention, when it is desired to remove and renew the, tip, the butt section 12 is removed from its engagement with the shell 10 and then the wooden core 16 is grasped and rotated. This will rotate the sleeve 18 and unscrew the shank 22 from its engagement with the sleeve. Then the tip may be pulled out and a new tip may be inserted or by this means the tip, if worn down beyond a certain limit, may be projected a little farther. It will be seen that the means for adjusting the tip is normally entirely housed within the body of the cue so that the tip may not be accidentally shifted in the ordinary use of the cue. The cue is light, it may be readily balanced by increasing or decreasing the thickness of the butt end 12 or by loading the core 16 and at the same time the cue is protected by its metallic casing. It will be obvious, of course, that the cues will be made in various dimensions and that I do not wish to be limited to any particular dimensions for the parts.

I claim:

1. A billiard cue having a hollow body formed at one end with a socket, a tip insertible into said socket and longitudinally adjustable therethrough, means for longitudinally adjusting the tip including a rotatable member disposed within the hollow body and entirely housed thereby, and a cap detachably engaged with the end of the hollow body opposite the tip.

2. A billiard cue comprising a hollow body having a tip carrying socket at its lower end, the other end -of the body being open, a tip disposed within said socket and longitudinally movable therein, a rotatable member disposed within the hollow body of the cue and extending beyond its open end, means operatively engaging the tip with the rotatable member to cause the shifting of the tip upon a rotation of said member, and a cap detaehably engaging the butt end of the hollow body and normally closing this end, and extending over the end of the rotatable member.

3. A billiard eue comprising a bottom, a relatively thin metallic body extending the full length of the cue and having a socket formed at one end, a wooden core extending longitudinally through the hollow body and inelosed therein, a tip disposed within the socket and projecting beyond the same, and an operative connection between said tip and the wooden core.

4f. A cue of the character described inimams cluding a tapering metal body having a socket at its small end, a butt section having engagement with the' large end of the body, a sleeve disposed within the body and having a screw-threaded bore, a tip inserted in the socket in the small end of the bodyand having a screw-threaded shank engaging said bore, and a wooden core disposed within the body and extending into the butt section and operatively connected to said sleeve to rotate therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliX my signature.

HENRY H. WEBER.

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